The rise of drones

It seems that the navy’s USV armed efforts were crowned with project 33, a new initiative that was unveiled as part of the head of the Admiral Marine Lisa Franchiti for the year 2024 Mobility plan In September 2024, among other goals, it focuses on automatic and independent systems, “Scal) to integrate more speed platforms” in an apparent supplement to the larger extensive transcription effort of the Pentagon, designed to equip American fleets with armed robot boats with a possible future war with China.

“This mobility plan leads to two strategic parties: Preparing for the possibility of war with the People’s Republic books at that time. “We will work to achieve these goals through two ways that enhance the two parties: the implementation of the 33rd project and the expansion of the marine contribution to the ecosystem for the common war of the war … by 2027, we will integrate automatic and independent systems installed for routine use by leaders who will employ them.”

The Ministry of Defense seems confident that the navy’s automatic batch will help prepare the US military for the possibility of war with China, but some experienced military and defense observers have their concerns. Van Riber It indicates Designing the 2030 marine infantry force, reorganizing the service before a conflict on the virtual island against China in the Pacific Ocean, as evidence that the Pentagon still did not learn the right lessons from Millennium Challenge 2002.

“It was known for being a faster response from the air weapons that were deployed all over the world,” says Van Riber, the Marine Corps. “Now she washed herself from every element of joint weapons, reduced them, getting rid of their shields, violating their vehicles, removing mines, capabilities of assaulting, cutting their infantry and flying, all to buy missiles and go to defense in the Pacific. In favor of unpaid or implemented capabilities.

In fact, the US military’s tendency to install on the next generation technology such as drone boats as a combat solution that suits everyone may block those tactical lessons in clear joint weapons in the Ukrainian campaign in the Red Sea, says Van Riber.

“It should not take the use of drones in isolation from what Ukraine does,” says Van Reader. “We have presented the naval fleet (at Millennium Challenge 2002) with multiple challenges, which is what really joint weapons. What you do is to present the enemy with a dilemma: if he tries to protect himself from threat A, he is subject to threat B, and with threats C and D And E, it is unable to deal with it.

“I am not sure that the American army today is equipped to learn from these things,” he added. “I am depressed from driving at all levels, especially marine services.”